Musical instrument.



No. 777,370. I PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904. H. E. HIBSHMAN. MUSICAL INSTRUMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 10, 19103.

H0 MODEL. 2 SHEETS- SHEET 1.

No. 777,370. PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904. H. E. HIBSHMAN.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENT..

' APEPLIOATION FILED NOV. 10, 1903.

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SECIFICATR,

` 'forming por@ of Lei'nsrs Pa @nt No. $"YQ37, december 13, 19011.

Jipplication led iuvembsr l0, 1003.

0.130,5655. (lo muflolfl T @Uf T11/wm t "my 20w/ern: plainly iiustmted in the drawings, ami in this 50 Be it 1Known that E, HENRY EBERLY H1555 chest L? is senin-ed n roedJoOCk D, connected MAN, acitizen of the U ed States., sind a z'esiai; its sides with chmnbors E E for the pas o dont of Newark7 in the couny Essai: :ind :mojo oftho 1; to and from the mods of @no S Smil@ 0f NGW JSFSGSQ have; invented. ci new and Feed-Mook l" to Sound Tfno reeds, heroinzzfu Improved Musioai Enssrumenf, of which tho i y desafio-ed. following is a niL dem., and oxaczdesoiiggi* "IT' oon'ioi openings tion.

Tho invention miams to rood u" the mouth-harmonica; typo, mimo g, la'rly to mu'sica instruments such as n and described in the Letters Patent o" "erin of ooo fof the opointoi-to Unitod States, No. 7424,567 gmi'od ivo mo und man( fb" zo mid from the ifi. ,Vembe-r 17, 1903. ",Jincfchost whe/n noooiniing ou the ins wl I The object oftheinvonzion N mons? `5 ici* ii inozo Juiiy oxpni QJ.

new and improved mlsica i" oy-an oixixvnrdiy inso bho wndff king ail' from gho wind* :ino tho @inn o the Win-o'nos w aid of a perforatod ,noibefsheol The invention consists oif nove partsandcombinationsof thoamesa`- Q g i f 'i the soma ',.fhuson pointed ou in tho cairns loci; fom

A practical embodiment of uh represento@ Ain he accom@anyiPl forming' ay part of this specificL similar chmaoexso iio'exonce i Sponding h@ vin a Figure 5 piovon'rb 14;.

- ,mino on. the 'siem-mon o Voisv nomei-Dama i pian View of the Sarno on Mieiand 6 is zLpoi-'spectii e 'io handle for awning the Windinf The improved musical insti" in 40 ed in. a suitably-consumos a from. hinged cioor A@ ci Ceci l v Y inV a closed position by S'uimbio om@ piaymi, the ofonaoi plainly indicated in Fig;0 l. The b @o J on the oi the casing; A is provided with Suit@ 3 f i auch the slm tor to enable the user to L opei'iy ,Qu l

, casing by the `use of one hand.

Within the casing A is seomod @hilfst 1Q, extending through the 'back ci 35h@ bonrch a retaining-plete K is provided.y having an elongated slot K registering" with the tracliervbonrd openings. yQlhe plate l is pref erablY hinged et lgto one end or the chest C.,A and the free end of the said plete l( is adapted to he engaged by e spring-eeteh E. (see Figs. 2 and 3). to hold the retziinin, \;-plzite l in position and to allow of unlocking' the spring'- plate to swingv the seme into an open position whenever it is desired to plsiee :mother notesheet in position on the roller l. The under side or' the retaining-plate K is preferably provided with e. lining K, of felt or other suitable material, to prevent escape ol nir from one treekerhoard opening to another, the lining' K pressing the note-sheet with suliieient force in Contact with the tracker-board to prevent escape of air, es described` lint to allow ready traveling of the note-sheet when turning' the Corresponding roller i r l, as A.ibove explained.

In order to prevent Slack rolling; and unrolling of the note-sheet H on therollersi sind l', r'riction'pletes L are provided, preferably made segmental in shape and adapted to en gege the note-sheet on the rollers l and l', plainly shown in Figs. 3 and 4. 'Qhe Vfrictionplates L are secured on the free ends of springzrrrns L', riveted or otherwise fastened to the casing A at the rein' thereof. (See Fig. Q.)

In using, the device the operator blows and dre-ws into and from the windehest hy wey of the mouthpiece Gf., as above described, and :it the saine time winds up the note-sheet H on the roller l' by turning' the latter with the crank-handle J. As the note-sheet H passes over the tracker-board oi the reed-block D it is evident that whenever L perforation oi' the note-sheet registers with a tracker-hoard opening then air can pass through. the reed-l locl to sound the corresponding reed D'or D?, ec-

coi-ding tothe direction in which the nir is trave]ing-thntis, whether the operator sucks nir from the wind-chest Gf and sounds the reeds D er blows into the wind-chest G to sound the reeds D2.

Vit is understood that the reeds D' are duplicates ot' the reeds if. so that it does not ineke :my di'erenee as far as the tune is concerned whetherl the operator sucks orblows air from or to the wind-chest Gr. f

Having thus described my invention` eleim :is new and desire to sec u re hy Letters Pattentl. A. musical instrumentsubstentiellyas described, comprising' :i reed-block, suction and pressure chznnbers on opposite sides of the reed-block and separated from @eeh other, a wind-chest having independent connections with said ehznnbers` whereby suction and pressure may he applied to the independent ehemoers without inliueneing` the other chamber, and valves controlling,` said independent connections with the pressure and suetion chenibers whereby the application of suction or pressure to the respective chambers will not cause the nir to leal; past the reeds in connection .with the other ehmnher.

ln e musical instrument of the class deseribed, a chest Jformed at one end with L month forming a tracker-hoard for the pessage of e note-sheet, having adjacent toseid end :i reed block communicating with its nionth` independent suction :1nd pressure chambers on opposite sides ot' seid reed-block and having' at their ends opposite the trae-kerbonrd e mouth-piece and within the same, en inner chest eonnnunicziting through independent'ports with the suction sind pressure chembers, and valves controlling` the seid ports, substantifillrv as :md for the purposes set forth.

" in testimoniY whereoiI i have signed my neme to this speeiliezition in the presence of two subscribing v.'itnesses.

HFNRY .EBERLY YiiBSltiivli/ili.

li'itnesses:

Trino. Hos'rnn, F. W. HANAFORD. 

